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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
This study assessed the relationship between admission time (from hospital admission to ICU admission) and mortality predicted by the Mortality Prediction Model (MPM), actual mortality, and resource use. All admissions, except elective surgery patients, to the general medical/surgical ICU of a tertiary care hospital during a 24-month period were studied (n = 1,889). Patients admitted to the ICU within 1 day of hospital admission had lower predicted and actual mortality, and used fewer resources than patients admitted later. Predicted mortality was higher than actual mortality for patients admitted to the ICU early and was lower than actual mortality for later ICU admissions. Transfers had higher predicted and actual mortality, and used more resources than nontransfer patients. Time from hospital admission to ICU admission can be a potentially useful variable in models of ICU outcome.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0090-3493
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1231-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Timing of intensive care unit admission in relation to ICU outcome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.